Modem Problems

[Lisa]

have you tried installing gnome-ppp?
it should allow you to connect via gui (gets put in
applications-->internet)

otherwise, I think it's something like:
pon connection-name
to dial out from the command line, while:
poff connection-name
disconnects

for more info:
man pon

hth,
Lisa

On Mon, 2007-08-06 at 23:01 +1000, Mike Harold wrote:
> I sent off the requested info to the linmodem.org techo last weekend
> and a reminder on Thursday but have still not had a reply, so there is
> beginning to be some question as to their intentions in this matter.
>  
> The instructions they gave me I carried out in fear and trepidation on
> the command line! 
> Sudo wvdialconf /etc/wvdial.conf did precisely what it was supposed to
> do and thoroughly detected and tested the modem, writing what was
> needed to the /etc/wvdial.conf file. Fantastic! 
> I then had to sudo gedit /etc/wvdial.conf to fill in my details - ISP
> phone number etc. Did this - closed the editor - re-opened it and
> re-opened the file. There it was - complete with all the details! 
>  
> The end of that story was also a bit of a surprise. Some time after
> the previous session, I booted in to Ubuntu again and blow me down -
> it dialed out and connected before the desk top had loaded! I was even
> able to get my e-mail and access the net. But if it disconnected that
> was the end, I could not get it to dial out from the desktop like I
> had hoped to.
>  
> This command line stuff is quite good fun - IF you know what to do!
> Unfortunately I don't - apart from a very few elementary commands like
> ls. But since Ubuntu seems to have in its files all it requires to
> make the connection, could it be made / unmade from the command line?
> But from there on I'm stumped. If anyone knows how...? 
> Of course a neat little GUI would be better, but Ubuntu does not have
> a suitable pppd for my setup, so any method that allows me access is
> by far better than none.
>  
> Regards to all,
>  
> Mike H